A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns Appeals courts are split on whether the government may restrict 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or carrying guns, and the Supreme Court will consider next week whether to hear one of
Analysis: The Federal Court Split Over Under-21 Gun Rights . . . If the Supreme Court does decide to take up the question of gun rights for those under 21, these are the answers they’re going to have to come up with Does the evidence imply 18-to-20-year-olds barred from buying guns by common law during the Founding, even if there was no explicit statute banning sales to them?